Starlight Children's Foundation

Analysis

Starlight Children's Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02038895). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Starlight Children's Foundation reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.4m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £4.0m (-1.1%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Starlight Children's Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Housing and Therapy (£4.0m), Forever Manchester (£4.0m) and 42nd Street - Community Based Resource for Young People Under Stress (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £808k. Charitable activities took 56% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.